Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-01-01
EXPRESS ROGERS
CAPTURED.
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The latest telegraph reports give an
account OF the capture and arrest OF the
Adamis express robbers, Who Eihed a
safe on the 81. Louis & san Francisco
road on the night Of October 25th Of
about S5O.o09.
The agency has succeed in arresting
lige men, named Frederick ~ hitroeks
who IS the author Of the f'Jia Cum
muingsi' letters AID who IS claimed TO
be the man who perpetrated the rob
berry AZ. ~. iiaieht, an ex. employe OF
the express company, who Is supposed
TO haze aided in planning the robbery
frcln his knowledge Of the railroad runs
ThOs- Weaver, a Chicago laundry man
who was with WhitHOck before and az
The the robbery Ward Kinney. a broth
er-in-laW Of " hiIrock, upon whose per
son was found a considerable portion
OF the express money, and Oscar Cook
who was with " hitrock arter the rob
berry. and allerWard divided the money
aud mailed the slim Cummings let
ters.
A search Of the WhitrOek house result
ed in finding a skirt of Mrs. WhitrOck,
into wnich 81 500 was sewed III 500
notes. Weaver was arrested IN the
coal yard about the same time, and IN
Sc. OuO in some fruit lars. The arres
Of Cook snd HaighI was then ordered
BY telegraph. The detectives state
that Cook distributed the money after
the robbery and was the go-betweeA.
They charge Haight with OUTLYING the
robbery, aud also aiding in the forging
Of The letter presented 10 Eotheringham-
Whitrock, it IS Claimed was never be-
lore knowa to have been engaged IN
any criminal enterprise He WAS en-
ployed as a book-keeper for six years at
at Leavenworth The detectives de- 1
clined 70 state what they know, II any
thing, about the career Of the vile Of
Wbitrock. She has disappeared b-t
while she is not yet under arrest she
is under close surveillance. The Pm
kertOn agency still decline to state
where " hitrock, Kinney or Weaver
are incarcerated, but it is probably well
known that they are still in Chicago.
They state that their instructions from
the express company were to pursue
the thieves without regard to expense :
or hope Of recovering any OF the mon
ey. They will not give any express
ion Of their views as 10 the guilt OF
innocence Of EOtheringham.
WhitrOck was taken to LeaTenWOrth
Tuesday, accompanied by Pinkerton
and three OF his men. At the s1gges-
ton of a Times reporter Mrs. hitrOck
gives the following particulars:
she replied that shortly after the rob
berry Oscar Cook came TO LeavenwOrth
and visited her one evening. and after
talking 10 her for some time said that
Fred was In trouble; that he had made
a large sum of money on wheat deal
in Chicago, and that he had some diff
Guilty with q broker over the matter,
which ended by his shooting the latter
that he had to ice from the country and
wanted his mother to take care of the
money until she heard from him further.
This she agreed to do and the money
was left in her possession.
Some time after this another young
man, who lives in this city, but whose
identity she refused TO diVulge. called
and left another package OF money and
that on two other occasions, Two other
young men called at different times and
left money, which they said had come
from Fred.
When asked if she knew the amounts,
or the sum total. she said she did not
that they were large packages but she
had never counted 1t, believing i'm plicitiy
in Fred's story and thinking she was
aiding him by caring for his property
and not dreaming bus what he came by
it honestlyi she had no occasion To use
any OF it, having money OF her OWL
When asked how tue detectives hap /
pened 10 be here searching her house
She said @when 1 read OF Fred's arrest /
1 Immediately wrote 10 the expess COM /
panV, telling them of the money and |
requesting them TO come to Leaven- /
worth ana that is undoubtedly why |
they are here
This seems to. be about all that Mrs /
" hitrook could tea, and the reporter |
passed into another rom, where Two of |
the detectives were seated. In re-
Spouse TO a question: as &c what
amount OF money had been recovered
they disclaimed all knowledge OF any (
money having been found at the house. /